Speaking of "the largest aircraft in the world", it is always inseparable from being said to be rotten.This time we change to comment to take a look at the "air overlords" soaring in the sky in different times.
During the First World War: "Ilia Molomez" bomber
SpeakingGiant planes always seem to have an unusual talent.As early as 1913, the Russians designed the worlds first aircraft with four engines "Ilia Murmez" bomber. The designer of this aircraft was famous for designing helicopters in the future. · Ivanovic Sikoski.
Even from todays perspective, the indicator of "Ilia Molmez" is also amazing -this premier bomber during World War I can carry 800 kgBomb, a range of 540 kilometers, is quite good for aircraft with a take -off weight of 7 tons.Interestingly, Tsar Nichola II refers to the behemoth with a length of more than 17 meters and a wing show of 25 meters as a "spacecraft", and ordered to try the 76mm cannon for the machine.Humans longing for giant planes.
In the 1930s: K-7 bomber
In the World War I, the Russian pilotConstantine Garinen has a dream of building a giant aircraft.In 1928, Garying, who had become a plane designer, put his dreams into implementation.At first, Galinin plans to design a large passenger aircraft that can fly in intercontinental.The K-7 has a huge wing of 53 meters long, and the wing area has reached 452 square meters. The reason for the design of such a huge wing is that the design concept of K-7 is quite ahead.In the traditional sense, the body, but placed the engine compartment and the bomb compartment/cargo cabin in the wing box. This design is very close to the later fusion of the wing body.
K-7 maximum take-off weight reaches 40 tons. It is expected that 9 tons of bombs or 112 all-armed soldiers can be carried.It can reach 5,000 kilometers.Of course, such a huge number of aircraft engines is indispensable. The machine has 7 700 -horsepower engines, 6 of which are located in the front edge of the wing, used to generate tensile force, and one is used in the back edge of the wing to generate thrust. This strange power isThe configuration has not been adopted so far.Unfortunately, the design of the K-7 is not successful. The only prototype crashed in 1933, so the post-life can no longer appreciate the special style of this strange and huge aircraft.
During World War II: ME323 transport aircraft
Want to use a transport aircraft to carry tanks?Why not wait for the heavy transport aircraft in the Cold War, the Mese Schmidt ME323 in World War II can achieve this goal.This design that originated from heavy skaters can transport 10 tons of goods or 120 all -armed soldiers to areas with a departure point of 1200 kilometers away.Wing of more than 55 meters wing exhibition.In order to let it fly, the Germans were equipped with 6 engines with more than 1,000 horsepower for it, which also made ME323 the largest number of engines in mass aircraft during World War II.It is worth mentioning that although the ME323 is huge, it is easy to produce. The machine can produce a whole machine in only 12,000 working hours. Some components can even be produced in the wooden furniture factory.Basic requirements for aircraft production.
In the late 1940It is no longer the mainstream of the aviation industry, but in history, water aircraft once had a very brilliant heyday. The H-4 "Shanye Goose" in the United States was the representative of giant water aircraft.The water aircraft designed by the character prototype of "Iron Man" Hughes is still maintaining the wingspan of a single aircraft with a length of 97.54 meters long, and its 66.6 -meter -long body and 181The take -off weight of the ton is also impressive. The number of engines of up to 8 units makes it the largest piston aircraft and the number of engines with the largest number of engines ever ever.
What is even more amazing is that the main structure of such a huge aircraft turned out to be wood.Although the H-4 has only been unsuccessful once, such a huge wooden structure is successful in the construction of a multi-shielded aircraft, which is the milestone of the human aviation industrys development.
2050s: XC-99 transport aircraft
What kind of considerable aircraft will be obtained by a strategic bomber transformation into a transport aircraft?XC-99 is the product of this imagination.In order to ensure the volume of the cabin, the XC-99 has a thicker fuselage than the B-36, and a two-layer deck is set up in the cargo cabin, which enables the function to carry up to up to 400 all-armed soldiers or 50 tons of cargo.The XC-99 body is 55.64 meters long, wingspan 70.12 meters, a machine height of 17.53 meters, a maximum take-off weight of 145.5 tons, and a maximum range of 13,000 kilometers.Since the B-36s power system, the machine has six piston engines and four turboskins. The total number of engines in total is still not broken by other military transport aircraft. At the same timePistons power aircraft.The XC-99 did not actively put into production, and only performed a ten-year test flight, but the number of records created by the machine was still not broken today.
20th century: An-22 transport aircraft
Whether the turb engine can be powerBuild a giant aircraft?The answer is, can.The An-22 transport aircraft designed and manufactured in the Soviet Union in the 1960s had the same engine as the Tu-95 bomber. The abundant power provided by this power with a power of 15,000 horsepower made the construction of coriander power giant aircraft.An-22 has 57.92 meters, 64.40 meters, 12.53 meters high, and a maximum take-off weight of 250 tons. The above data should make many people feel familiar. Yes, these indicators are very close to the C-17 transport aircraft, and An-22The first flight was 16 years earlier than the C-17, and it was an aircraft using a turboprop engine.The disadvantage of the United States and China is that the number of An-22 production is not large, and it is still rare to fly today. It is expected that the aircraft will be fully farewell to the sky in the near future.Essence
2070The competition between the United States and the Soviet Union in the field of aviation technology has contributed to many miracles in the history of aviation, and the C-5 transport aircraft is its typical representative.In 1968, just one year after the service of An-22, the record it created was broken by the C-5 strategic transport aircraft that completed the first flight.The C-5 is not only the main model of the US Air Forces strategic air transport, but also the first 400-ton-class aircraft in the world. The maximum take-off weight of the 418 tons of the aircraft slightly exceeds the later An-124, making it stableThe throne of the largest military transport aircraft.Although the quantity is not as good as C-17, C-5 has the air transport capacity that other models cannot replace with its powerful cargo loading weight and spacious cargo compartment. Especially the range of more than 9,000 kilometers is difficult to match other models.
Late Cold War ~ At the end of the 20th century: An-225 transport aircraft
For the Soviets,Building a large aircraft is never just a task, but also an ideal. This ideal is the most direct interpretation of the largest and heaviest aircraft ever in An-225.Like the name "Dream", An-225 itself is synonymous with dreams in the field of aircraft. Although the original intention of the design is only a air platform for carriers to carry aerospace aircraft, An-225 is 84 meters long machine.The maximum take -off weight of the 88 -meter wingspan or 640 tons is the indelible monument that humans pursue a larger and stronger journey in pursuing aircraft.This aircraft has never really performed its scheduled tasks, and the disintegration of the Soviet Union has made it fall from the "special plane" of the spacecraft to a "courier" with transportation groceries.It ended its flying career in a disgraceful form, but the shock it brought to the human aviation cause is still inspiring the latecomers to launch a new record.
New Century: A380 Passenger plane
It is true that the record created by An-225 has not yet been unlikelyBreaking, but if An-225 is the representative of the giant aircraft in the new century, it is somewhat unsuitable-one in the worlds largest aircraft has been destroyed by war."It is really hard to say that it can be regarded as a new era of plane.The A380 passenger aircraft of the Airbus fills the gap of giant planes in the new era.In 2005, the length of the A380 body, which was officially released for the first time in 2005, 72.75 meters, wingspan 79.75 meters, a machine height of 24.09 meters, and a maximum take-off weight of 575 tons. From the perspective of indicators, it did not exceed An-225, but its production number reached 251, making it a become it, making it a production quantity, making it a production quantity, making it become it, making it a production quantity, making it become it.The largest specifications of aircraft ever ever ever produced in history.Although the A380 is not successful in business and caused it to stop production in advance in 2021, as the final relic of the four giant passenger planes, the A380 will still be the master of the sky in the next few decades.
Final Awards: "Flat Flow Launch"
It should be said that after entering the 21st century, after entering the 21st century,Human pursuit of larger giant aircraft has slowed down significantly or even stagnation, but it does not mean that aircraft no longer breaks the record in size indicators.In 2019, the "flat flow launch" dual aircraft was successful in the first flight. This type of aircraft for launching in the vehicle of the carrier rocket (excluding load) was only 226 tons."However, its wings exhibition reached 117 meters of record, becoming the first wing show in history to break through a hundred meters of aircraft.This plane seems to be a plane. It is better to stitch the two planes to remove the left and right wings together with a middle wing section.Mount the carrier rocket provides plenty of space.It turns out that giant planes still have its special value in the new era, which will also prompt humans to continue to move towards larger aircraft.
